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Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) downgraded NIPPON REIT Investment (3296:JP) from Overweight to Equalweight on Thursday, setting a price target of JPY104,000.00.
The downgrade follows the real estate investment trust’s strong performance, with its six-month returns reaching 15.2% as of June 10, significantly outpacing the TSE REIT Index’s 7.3% gain during the same period.
Morgan Stanley analyst Takuya Sato cited the REIT’s share price increase and consequently contracted underlying returns relative to other Japanese REITs under the firm’s coverage as key factors behind the rating change.
Despite the downgrade, Morgan Stanley expressed continued confidence in the REIT’s management capabilities, noting its steady development of a real estate pipeline through unique sourcing methods and maintenance of a "sufficient average NOI yield of around 4.3%."
The investment firm indicated it will monitor several factors going forward, including improvements in portfolio profitability through real estate replacement, the pace of rent increases, levels of future sales gains, and shareholder returns such as potential share repurchases.
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